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Patient Centered Care is what should be at the heart of a pharmacist's work.

Survey results show 40% of health care leaders believe a lack of communication between prescribers and pharmacists is preventing the successful management of patients’ medications.

McKesson ideaShare 2022 is taking place in Washington, DC, from July 7 through 10.

The FDA approved a licensure request for Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent, Flublok Quadrivalent, and Fluzone Quadrivalent for use in the upcoming 2022-2023 flu season, providing influenza vaccination for adults 65 years of age and older.

People have been taking probiotics to support digestive health for centuries, but researchers in the pulmonary field have turned their attention toward how microbiome science can be used to support the lungs.

Brexpiprazole is indicated as an adjunctive therapy to antidepressants in adults with major depressive disorder and as a treatment in adults with schizophrenia.

Although treating mental health symptoms is essential, finding the time and energy for more appointments can be challenging for patients with cancer.

Trauma informed care has had an impact on the public health spectrum for years, especially with what has happened on a global front.

Paxlovid treats COVID-19 in adults and children [12 years of age and older weighing at least 88 pounds (40 kg)] with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death.

Thrombocytopenia was the most common adverse effect, which was managed through dose reduction.

Zahra Mahmoudjafari, PharmD, BCOP, DPLA; Alison Gulbis, PharmD, BCOP; and Kamakshi Rao, PharmD, BCOP, FASHP, discuss research conducted looking to assess the hematology-oncology pharmacist “great migration” from the field.

Isotretinoin exerts dose-dependent inhibition of sebaceous gland function, thereby reducing sebum secretion, which is associated with improvement in nodular acne.

Ken Thorpe, PhD, professor of public health at Emory University and chairman of Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, discusses legislation that the US House of Representatives recently passed to put greater restrictions on the FDA’s accelerated approval pathway.

After 4 years of treatment with ofatumumab, 78.8% of patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis who continuously received ofatumumab achieved NEDA-3 compared to 51.8% of those who switched from teriflunomide to ofatumumab.

Clinical trial results show durable responses with mosunetuzumab in advanced follicular lymphoma.

Lenacapavir is an investigational, long-acting HIV-1 capsid inhibitor that is not yet approved by any regulatory authority.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals announced top-line results from the phase 3 RELEASE MSS1 trial, evaluating nabiximols oromucosal spray in individuals with multiple sclerosis.

Pravastatin sodium (Pravachol) is indicated as an adjunctive therapy to diet to lower the risk of myocardial infarction, revascularization, and cardiovascular mortality in hypercholesterolemic patients without clinically evident congenital heart disease.

Legatrin PM is intended for relief of lower body pain.

Zahra Mahmoudjafari, PharmD, BCOP, DPLA; Alison Gulbis, PharmD, BCOP; and Kamakshi Rao, PharmD, BCOP, FASHP, discuss the underlying causes of the hematology-oncology pharmacist great migration from the field.

Surprising turn of events is a strong message to the pharmaceutical industry about the acceptable developmental pathway for this drug class.

Andre Harvin, PharmD, MS, executive director of Pharmacy, Oncology Services at Cone Health, discusses methods of accomplishing greater workforce diversity in the field of oncology pharmacy.

Pharmacy Times spoke with Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, about the investigative C. difficile treatment RBX2660.

In a sector that relies heavily on opacity, who knows what might be found in the government's inquiry?

Rates of influenza and associated hospitalizations demand late-season vigilance.

If approved, the 16-week dosing regimen could offer certain individuals a potentially longer treatment interval and physicians with greater flexibility to individualize treatment.

New data show that after 4 years of treatment, 78.8% of patients who continuously received ofatumumab achieved no evidence of disease activity-3 (NEDA-3) compared to 51.8% of those who switched from teriflunomide to ofatumumab.

Bhavesh Shah, RPh, BCOP, steering committee co-chair of the 2022 ATOPP Summit, discusses the impact of the annual ATOPP summit on the oncology pharmacy field.